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Brush fire chars pasturage on Hawaii island
By Star-Advertiser staff
POSTED: 10:08 a.m. HST, Dec 20, 2012
LAST UPDATED: 10:10 a.m. HST, Dec 20, 2012
About 15 acres of brush were destroyed by fire Wednesday night in a pasture near Naalehu, the Hawaii County Fire Department reported.
The fire was reported at 9:26 p.m. and brought under control at 10:25 p.m.
The affected area was located in a pasture on the makai side of Highway 11 near the 63-mile marker.
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Steve96785 wrote:
I hope today's rain is getting far enough south to help the parched areas around Na'alehu. We should seriously look at installing a pipeline from Volcano to Ka'u to carry some of our excess rainwater to where it is needed.
on December 20,2012 | 10:50AM
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